ESOL Links I Like
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English Teaching FORUM
An excellent US government journal with extensive back issues available online. -
The Internet TESL Journal
A superb, free online journal, published in Japan. -
The Language Teacher
Yet another excellent journal from Japan. Published by the Japanese Association for Language Teaching, this is more academic/theoretical than ITESLJ. -
ESL Magazine
US publication that puts just one tantalising article online from each quarterly issue. - Language Learning & Technology
A fairly "academic" journal on Computer Assisted Language Learning. -
English To Go
A growing bank of ESL lessons based on Reuters newspaper articles. One free lesson every week, but for access to the archives you must pay a subscription. -
One Stop English
An excellent collection of resources from macmillan English. - SelfAccess.com
A superb site, run by Reuters, with IELTS-style vocabulary and reading comprehension tasks. Tick boxes and gaps for text, a clock to keep you on your toes, feedback on your current score... and a wide range of topics, updated weekly (unfortunately, to access their Library of earlier lessons you must be a fee-paying member of English-to-Go). - SCORE Cyberguides
Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE): truly excellent yet free literature guides to rival the likes of Cliff's Notes and Cole's Notes. - Gradesaver Classic Notes
Superb study notes on numerous titles. - Spark
Notes (Harvard University)
Excellent notes on a wide range of novels. - Glencoe Literature Library
Very thorough study guides for a long list of novels and plays. - Bibliomania Study Guides
There's no end to these high quality literature guides ... - Bookrags.com
Yes - more great study guides! - Free Book Notes
Like the name says ... Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe
Probably the most famous ESL site on the Internet. - Outta Ray's Head
A large collection of lesson plans, handouts and ideas: very good on writing and literature. - Online Writing Lab
Excellent writing resources from Purdue University, USA -
"Hot Potatoes" Software
Impressive, downloadable software from the University of Victoria, Canada that allows you to create your own cloze exercises, word puzzles etc. - Puzzlemaker
(Discovery Channel)
Make your own crosswords, word searches etc! (Saving your work can be complicated, so I've written my own set of instructions.) -
The New Internationalist
This takes you to the N.I.'s superb index of back issues. Many of the articles are unsuitable for ESOL learners, but there are very good "Facts at a Glance" pages, lots of human interest stories, opportunities to write protest letters and links to relevant websites. NI: Global Issues for Learners of English has simplified some NI articles and added learning tasks. -
The Times Educational Supplement (TES)
A weekly UK publication aimed mainly at British state school teachers. However, there are occasional features of interest to TESOL people and a comprehensive Jobs sections that includes international schools. -
BBC Education
A vast site containing links to cross-curricular resources, TV/radio programmes, audio files and other educational sites. -
Guardian Unlimited
Online version of "The Guardian", my favourite UK newspaper, with very useful archives and a "text only" facility. -
Roald Dahl Fans
A simply but elegantly presented site run by the devoted Kristine Howard. The best one-stop site for Dahl resources (and I'm not just saying that because you can find my work there!).
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